Albany Steam Trap Co. v. Worthington
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court, Southern district of New Fork. The suit was for alleged infringement of United States, patent No. 207,486, granted August 27, 1878, to James H. Blessing, for an improvement in pump-regulating valves. The circuit court held that defendants’ structure did not infringe, and dismissed the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The defendants have constructed steam-heating plants, which may be briefly described as consisting of (1) a boiler which supplies steam for an engine, and also for the heating coils, the pressure of steam for the latter being reduced (2) by a reduction valve; (3) steam coils or radiators; (4) return pipes from the radiators, which bring back the water of condensation to a closed steam-tight vessel, known as the “pump governor”; (5) a pump connected with the pump governor, which, when in action, pumps the water of condensation into the boiler; (6) a pipe connection from…
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